Snow Island or Isla Nevada is a completely ice-covered island, in size, lying southwest of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area is . This island was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1820, and the name has been well established in international usage for over 100 years.

Maps

  • Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822

thumb|center|Fragment of [[George Powell (sealer)|George Powell's 1822 chart of the South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands featuring Snow Island]]

See also

  • Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
  • List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
  • SCAR
  • Territorial claims in Antarctica

References

  • SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer